I like Paula Deen ... love the boys ... love the fact hat she includes her family in her television shows ... like her most because she cooks like normal people cook. When her show first came on the air, my (retired) husband was glued to it! We love Savannah, so all her references to the area helped us relive some wonderful vacations! I'd come home from work and Big Daddy would tell me all about he show and share the recipes he thought I'd like. It was probably three months before I ever got to see one of the shows myself!
Because we love pickled okra, Big Daddy insisted that I make these for a dinner party appetizer. They couldn't be simpler ... and we make them frequently ... because even people who don't like okra, like these!
Some of our restaurant management students made hundreds of these for a wine tasting event. 600 people gobbled them up!
Paula's Pickled Okra Appetizers
Trim the crusts from white sandwich bread slices. Use a small cutting board or the back of a skillet and press the air out of each piece of bread. Spread cream cheese on the bread and roll up a spear of pickled okra in each piece. Cut on the diagonal to reveal the inside of the okra ... sprinkle with parsley.
I use onion/chive sour cream ... spreadable ... and I sprinkle cayenne pepper or chipotle pepper on them. These are fabulous!
Thanks Paula Deen!
Thanks, Lynn (and Earl) for hosting this great party!
Love those TV chefs!
